Hailey Time, Summer School, and Movie Making...and Missing You!

I had great plans for finding peace and quiet this summer - daily meditation and yoga, healthy eating and walking the dogs, time at the pool with Hailey, diving into the stack of books I still haven't read, daily writing...say an hour a day...Oh, where does the time go?

Instead, I accepted a last minute plea to teach summer school, but I'm glad I did. For one thing, it's amazing how easy it can begin to look from the "trainer end" of the room, and I think I'm getting a taste of the same kind of students I may have next year. (This has been a great wake up for my reentry...lots of community building, transition/movement, conferencing...) On the down side, though, I know that I need to be spending my time right now building awesome units of study...looking for riveting "read alouds" and expanding my own portfolio.

This leads me to my other diversion right now, digital storytelling. I still haven't edited the literacy camp video, and I'm hoping to get to that once summer school is over next week. (Still haven't edited out the horrifying footage I took of my neck...) I did, though, put together a Father's Day video (above), and I'm also working on a WWII short slide show (selfishly because it's pics of my folks, and I can use it as an example of one way for students to tell stories or to share research). I have pictures uploaded already, music, too, but I haven't gotten the audio equipment to add a voice thread for the narration. I also need to add a map of the route Dad's 94th Infantry took. I also need help! This is definitely still in the building process.



I hope all of you are well...and rested! I hope you'll let me know when Liz's Tiki Hut opens again!
Take Care!
Barb